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Domestic Relations Alimony And Child Support Generally; Enforcement Of Duty To Support; Parent And Child Relationship Generally, Jaimie Johnson
Domestic Relations Alimony And Child Support Generally; Enforcement Of Duty To Support; Parent And Child Relationship Generally, Jaimie Johnson
Georgia State University Law Review
The Act makes sweeping changes to Georgia's child and spousal support enforcement procedures by shifting the bulk of enforcement authority from the court system to the Child Support Enforcement Agency of the Department of Human Resources (DHR). First, the Act amends several of Georgia's alimony and child support statutes. It removes the statute of limitations for foreign judgments of child or spousal support orders and provides that child or spousal support orders cannot be changed retroactively or become dormant. It makes late child support payments judgments by operation of law, sets a time limit for contempt hearings, and allows for …
Domestic Relations Alimony And Child Support Generally: Provide A Right To A Hearing When An Income Deduction Is Ordered Because Of A One-Month Delinquency In Child Support; Provide Removal Of Certain Exceptions To Applicability In Income Deductions, Elizabeth T. Baer
Georgia State University Law Review
This portion of the Act accomplishes a housekeeping task of cleaning up a portion of chapter 6 of title 19, relating to the inclusion of non-Title IV obligors in income deduction orders. Further, the Act eliminates the fifteen¬day waiting period previously allotted a child support obligor after an order was entered as an opportunity to contest an income deduction which was issued upon a showing of a one¬month delinquency. Under the Act, the obligor may request a hearing within fifteen days after receiving notice of delinquency. However, if the obligor does not exercise this right, the income deduction order takes …
Feed A Trust And Starve A Child: The Effectiveness Of Trust Protective Techniques Against Claims For Support And Alimony, Carolyn L. Dessin
Feed A Trust And Starve A Child: The Effectiveness Of Trust Protective Techniques Against Claims For Support And Alimony, Carolyn L. Dessin
Georgia State University Law Review
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Domestic Relations Alimony And Child Support Generally: Provide For Payroll Deductions For Child Support And For Revisions Of Judgment For Permanent Alimony Or Child Support Generally When Authorized, Petition And Hearing; Cohabitation With Third Party As Grounds For Revision; Attorney Fees; Temporary Modification Pending Trial, Daliah Brill
Georgia State University Law Review
These Acts relate to child support and alimony generally. HB 261 makes payroll deductions possible in a broad group of cases and does not does not restrict the use of payroll deductions in enforcement of support obligations to IV-D cases. SB 277 allows for revisions of judgments for alimony or child support when the recipient of support is cohabitating with a third party.
Domestic Relations Alimony And Child Support: Authorize Court Ordered Support Past Age Of Majority, Scott Michael Kaye
Domestic Relations Alimony And Child Support: Authorize Court Ordered Support Past Age Of Majority, Scott Michael Kaye
Georgia State University Law Review
HB 1519 authorizes the court to order child support payments to continue until the child reaches the age of twenty. The court is only authorized to award support payment in the event that the child reaches the age of majority while in high school (secondary school) and where such child has not previously been married or emancipated. Further, the Act gives the child a right to enforce the support obligation directly against the noncustodial parent. The Act also amends certain criteria for state aid in child support and custody cases by providing courts the discretion not to appoint a guardian …
Domestic Relations Child And Spousal Support: Comply With Federal Guidelines To Enforce Child Support Awards, F. Cullen
Georgia State University Law Review
The Act amends the Code section relating to the enforcement of child and spousal support payments to comply with the federal Child Support Enforcement Amendments of 1984 and the Family Support Act of 1988. The Act provides guidelines for courts to use in determining the amount of child support awards. Further, the Act grants the court authority to enforce obligations of spousal and child support by ordering immediate wage deductions. It also provides for periodic review and adjustment of child support orders.
Domestic Relations Collection Of Child Support Payments: Remove From Probation Department, F. Cullen
Domestic Relations Collection Of Child Support Payments: Remove From Probation Department, F. Cullen
Georgia State University Law Review
The Act amends the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act by transferring the responsibility of collecting certain child support payments from the probation department of the court to the Office of Child Support Recovery or to a county agency designated as the child support receiver. Further, the Act amends the Code to provide that probation supervisors no longer are authorized to collect child support payments.
Domestic Relations Legitimation Cases: Establish The Duty Of The Father To Support His Child, F. Cullen
Domestic Relations Legitimation Cases: Establish The Duty Of The Father To Support His Child, F. Cullen
Georgia State University Law Review
The Act amends section 19-7-22 relating to legitimation of children. The Act authorizes the court to establish the father's duty to provide child support concurrent with the court's order declaring his child to be legitimate.
Domestic Relations Alimony And Child Support: Provide For Enforcement And Collection, J. Brenner, L. Disantis
Domestic Relations Alimony And Child Support: Provide For Enforcement And Collection, J. Brenner, L. Disantis
Georgia State University Law Review
The Act provides for service of process in proceedings to enforce alimony and child support payments, for service to be perfected, even if the respondent does not answer, and for the respondent to be charged with costs. The Act also changes the conditions under which the Department of Human Resources accepts applications for support enforcement services, provides for reimbursement of the department for attorneys' fees, and authorizes the collection of interest on judgments initiated by the department. July 1, 1987
Domestic Relations Persons Owing Child Support: Require Employers To Report Certain Information, J. Watson
Domestic Relations Persons Owing Child Support: Require Employers To Report Certain Information, J. Watson
Georgia State University Law Review
The Act imposes a statutory duty on state and local agencies and private employers to provide, upon the request of the Department of Human Resources, certain information about persons owing or allegedly owing a duty of support to a dependent child. July 1, 1987